Theme: Gray Areas Life is rarely black and white. Most experiences live somewhere in the middle where things are both true and uncertain at the same time. Growth doesn’t always feel good. Love doesn’t always feel safe. Today we explore the space between extremes, where clarity is complicated and truth isn’t always simple. ⸻ Prompt 1 – Blessings or Lessons Write a poem about an experience that felt painful but left you with something valuable. Something that didn’t feel like a blessing at the time, but taught you anyway. ⸻ Prompt 2 – Both Things Can Be True Write a poem about holding two conflicting emotions at once. Loving and hurting. Healing and struggling. Wanting something and fearing it. Explore the tension of both. ⸻ Prompt 3 – Somewhere In Between Write a poem about not fitting into clear categories. This could be identity, growth, beliefs, or a moment where you existed between who you were and who you are becoming.

Theme: Moral Crossroads Life doesn’t always present clear right and wrong choices. Sometimes values clash. Sometimes silence speaks. Sometimes we justify what we know better than. Today we explore the tension between what we believe and what we do. ⸻ Prompt 1 – From the Outside Looking In Write a poem about judging someone else’s decision before you understood their situation. Explore what you thought, what you didn’t know, and whether your perspective changed. ⸻ Prompt 2 – At a Crossroads Write a poem about a moment where you had to make a decision without clear direction. Not knowing what comes next, only knowing you cannot stay where you are. ⸻ Prompt 3 – I Knew Better… And Did It Anyway Write a poem about a time you went against your own morals, justified something you knew wasn’t right, or chose convenience over conscience. Explore the why.

Ok let me get this straight Cause people use social media to try to rage bait See I'm trying to understand dating in this day and age So if I like you and I show it then I'm doing to much That if I'm in tune my feelings, then I'm considered soft And that ain't what a man does But if I act nonchalant then now I'm wrong and I ain't doing enough I get labeled heartless, an asshole and other things as such Like do you know what you want Better yet do you know what you need cause if you do then I'm all ears to hear it Or is all this just some type of science experiment We treat it like a game and we're all leveling up with bad experience points that should be used for don't and do's Instead we sit in an echo chambers of our broken views Recycling the pain of yesterday's news And on cue a person says you what's wrong It's that there's pee in the dating pool But what do you expect when we're turning over the same rotten soil demanding it grow something new So is dating the problem or is the problem with me and you "Griot of the 13 Court Guards" - BANKAI An'twion Shamar

✨NAOMIE THOMAS ASCENDS AGAIN ✨ @Naomie Thomas, has entered the sixth circle of the Aftertongue™ path, the chamber where language begins to alter its own gravity. Within the Guild of Lexicon, Level Six forms the Adept’s Arc: • a place where sentences gather force, • where meaning tilts, • where sound leaves a trace that lingers longer than intent. Here, creation gains contour. Naomie’s daily presence, compassionate heart, generosity with energy, and emotional clarity have shaped the field around this circle. She reads silence for its structure, and builds with the kind of patience that carries quiet authority. Every ascent asks for something. Level Six asks for presence that steadies itself during internal storms. Naomie Thomas arrived ready. The Lexicon honors those who bend language toward revelation until the unseen stands complete. 🪶 “Craft what was unsaid.” — Roll of Reverent Voices #Aftertongue #StayZen #AftertongueAdept #RollofReverentVoices #GuildofLexicon #LanguageofBecoming

✨TIARA NELSON ASCENDS AGAIN ✨ @Tiara Nelson , has entered the sixth circle of the Aftertongue™ path, the chamber where language begins to alter its own gravity. Within the Guild of Lexicon, Level Six forms the Adept’s Arc: • a place where sentences gather force, • where meaning tilts, • where sound leaves a trace that lingers longer than intent. Here, creation gains contour. Tiara’s daily presence, compassionate heart, generosity with energy, and emotional clarity have shaped the field around this circle. She reads silence for its structure, and builds with the kind of patience that carries quiet authority. Every ascent asks for something. Level Six asks for presence that steadies itself during internal storms. Tiara Nelson arrived ready. The Lexicon honors those who bend language toward revelation until the unseen stands complete. 🪶 “Craft what was unsaid.” — Roll of Reverent Voices #Aftertongue #StayZen #AftertongueAdept #RollofReverentVoices #GuildofLexicon #LanguageofBecoming